Two cultural myths from the upper amazon: tales of a humanized world
Despite cultural, linguistic and geographic differences, the Witoto and Tikuna indigenous peoples share mythical episodes, which happen to be at the base of their everyday activities and their rituals of relationship with the forest and its masters. This text highlights some similarities in the myth...
- Autores:
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Gómez Pulgarin, Wilson Eduardo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2011
- Institución:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/32242
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/32242
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/22322/
- Palabra clave:
- mitología
tikuna
uitoto
gemelos míticos.
anthropology
mythology
Tikuna
Witoto
mythic twins
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
| Summary: | Despite cultural, linguistic and geographic differences, the Witoto and Tikuna indigenous peoples share mythical episodes, which happen to be at the base of their everyday activities and their rituals of relationship with the forest and its masters. This text highlights some similarities in the myths of origin of both groups, which moves us to find out more about the complementarity between actions of the mythical twins, and the restoration and organization of the world for human survival, knowledge and values. |
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